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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963541603321

Titolo

The genitive case in Dutch and German : a study of morphosyntactic change in codified languages / / by Alan K. Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill.

c2014

ISBN

9789004183285

9004183280

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 383 pages)

Collana

Brill's studies in historical linguistics, , 2211-4904 ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

ScottAlan (Alan K.)

Disciplina

435/.5

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Morphosyntax

Grammar, Comparative and general - Possessives

Linguistic change

German language - Possessives

Dutch language - Possessives

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter / Alan K. Scott -- Introduction / Alan K. Scott -- Morphosyntactic Change / Alan K. Scott -- The Genitive Case / Alan K. Scott -- Data and Methodology / Alan K. Scott -- The Dutch Genitive / Alan K. Scott -- The German Genitive / Alan K. Scott -- Codification and Morphosyntactic Change / Alan K. Scott -- Conclusions and Closing Remarks / Alan K. Scott -- Appendix 1: Primary Sources / Alan K. Scott -- References / Alan K. Scott -- Index / Alan K. Scott.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Genitive Case in Dutch and German: A Study of Morphosyntactic Change in Codified Languages , Alan K. Scott offers an account of the tension that exists between morphosyntactic change and codification, focusing on the effect that codification has had on the genitive case and alternative constructions in both languages. On the basis of usage data from a wide variety of registers, from the 16th century to the present day, Alan K. Scott demonstrates that codification has preserved obsolescent morphological genitive constructions in Dutch and German while suppressing their potential replacements, and shows that, despite its association with norm-conformant language, the genitive is used to



a surprisingly large extent in informal early modern Dutch and modern German sources.